Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Human-Schmidthead Hahbryds!!
Via TPM Election Central (Via the fine folks at Sadly, No!), we find that The Schmidthead from Ohio™ — one Jean Schmidt — is falsely claiming that her opponent, Victoria Wulsin, was involved in highly unethical medical studies. It turns that Schmidt’s claims were a deliberate distortion of what actually happened. Gee, what a surprise. As Eric Kleefeld at TPM put it:
The “grotesque medical experiments” charge appears to be a reference to some 2004 work that Wulsin did with the Heimlich Institute in Ohio. She examined data that was supplied to her as part of a literature review, taken from pre-existing studies, of experimental AIDS therapies that Wulsin concluded didn’t work.
“She never participated in any of the studies,” said Wulsin communications director Kevin Franck. “She was never in a position to stop any of them while they were in progress … Jean Schmidt knew that those complaints and those allegations had no merit when she mailed the letter.“
On top of that, the letter is also scientifically false. Malaria is not a virus — it is a parasite.
So, now I have a question for the Schmidthead from Ohio. Do you really want to play this game, you coward? Because I’d be happy to oblige you:
I can play this game until the cows come home, you vile piece of filth.
